Krist's $5.00 Quilt - I talked my non-quilting daughter into doing a MOB at a local quilt shop. She sewed most of the blocks together, and then I did the rest to finish it.

Emily's Puff Quilt - This was demo'd at our Bee in Harlingen TX. Didn't really want to make one, but then changed my mind!

Hidden Life - I made this quilt as my final piece of work for my City & Guilds Patchwork & Quilting course. The idea for this design came from watching the BBC Natural World programme where crocodiles had been found in the Sahara desert, even though it was dry for most of the year. I used the pictures from Michael Palin’s website based on his book Inside Sahara as my design source for the desert images. The blue represents the river Nile where many crocodiles live and where they used to be worshipped as gods in ancient Egypt. It contains handdyed and commercial fabrics, foundation piecing, layering and slashing and free motion quilting.

Youthful Hubris - I took this class at the local quilt shop - Patchwork Place, Norman Ok. I planned to make this quilt for my niece who is attending Oklahoma State University in the honors program. I made if for her dorm room. The fabric has cats, dogs, hairdryers, flowers, suns, perfume bottles, books, etc. I selected a lot of the fabrics from the children's section of the quilt store. It is bright and wonderful. The teacher taught the class using Aunt Gracie's - which I love - but I wanted something different. So this is bright and beautiful. I'd paper piece again. I also used a fusible to add the hearts in the middle of the diamonds.

Fairies and Cherries, and Everything Else - I took this class at the Norman Area Quilt Guild. We had to have 48 different fabrics for the squares. I am new to quilting, and gathered the fabrics late one night. I only have 49 fat quarters in my stash to use. The fabrics are of all kinds - some have fairies on them and some have cherries on them. It came out well. I use it as a table topper in my pink kitchen.

Beginners Luck - This is my first quilt - corner stones seams don't match at points - seams aren't straight. I was going to make something for my husband, but I fell in love with Aunt Gracie fabrics. So it matches my sewing room - yellow and purple.

Rosy Stars - This quilt was made for a raffle at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah. It is made of of rose patterned cotton in a 60 degree six pointed star with a diamond inner border.

Autumn Winds - The original pattern places leaves inside each square in horizontal and vertical rows--a bit too predictable for me. Driving down the roads of Kentucky in Autumn, leaves swirl behind and follow us home. This is my attempt to remember the memorable days we lived there.

Haley's Quilt - Very bright and cheerful string quilt with appliqued hearts.

Pebbles Under the Falling Leaves

Northern Sparkler - Original pattern calls for only 3 colors, I added a 4th color and extended the pattern into the borders to complete a secondary pattern. I won a 2nd place ribbon at our local county fair, in the wall hanging category.

Celebration of Stars - This is a Block of the Month program that lasted 8 months. It used the Honeymoon in Paris fabrics. Upon their wedding, I gave it to my son Andrew and his bride Jeannie.

Easy Overlay #1 - This quilt top has oriental looking fabrics in unusual prints.

Girasole - A souvenir of a trip to Italy, this quilt has floor and wall mosaics as the basis for designs. Top border is from Ravenna mosaics.

Girls at the Beach - This beach quilt grew as I added the little girls from a Mary Cassatt painting and the women from a Picasso painting.

Hearts for Tori - Fat quarters are stacked and then sliced into the pattern pieces. The "deck" is then schuffled and sewn back together. No matching of seams is required.

Feathered Stars - Made as a vehicle for hand quilting, this scrap red and green feathered star has been published three times in magazines and once in a book.